2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.9
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Colo Vale · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Colo Vale
How families and households are made up across the area.
Nearly 2.8 people live in the typical home in Colo Vale, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a place where few people live on their own, and the majority of households are made up of couples with children.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Colo Vale — higher than 76% of areas.
| Colo Vale | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 2575, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Only 19.1% of people live alone, a figure well below the national average of 25.6%. Two-person homes are the most common at 33.3%, which helps explain why household sizes are a little above the Australian figure.
19.1% ▲ +9.3%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Colo Vale, the largest group is 2 people at 33%, followed by 1 person (19%) and 4 people (18%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families here at 63.6%. One-parent families account for 11.7%, which is a little below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
11.7% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Colo Vale, Couples with children is the majority at 63%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Colo Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10985/colo-vale/topic/family-households